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Angel investor · Bengaluru, India

Aneesh Reddy Boddu.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2012–2026
88%

of dated first investments
were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed

First investment stage across 24 companies16 Seed, 5 Angel and 3 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 16Angel 5Other 3

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

24 companies · 29 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 05 Mar 2025
THE FOUNDER’S BRIEF

Read the pattern before the pitch.

Written insights from the recorded portfolio, with the evidence linked below.

01

Start with the first entry

Aneesh Reddy Boddu has dated investments in 24 companies. 21 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (87.5%). An early-stage founder can use the sector and stage filters to find comparable companies before approaching the investor.

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02

Separate activity from reputation

2 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 3 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-03-05. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

16 of 22 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 4 of those companies again within that window. The difference is a reason to research the wider syndicate, rather than assume the same investor will fund the next round.

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04

Use a specific point of relevance

Artificial Intelligence is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 5 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 1 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 10 other named backers. Shared rounds are evidence of co-investment, not evidence of an introduction route.

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01 / THE READOUT

Four signals before you pitch.

Start with observed behavior.
Every rate has a defined denominator.

01 — ROUND CONTEXT
$260K–$2.8M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 22 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
2companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 3 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
73%

Another equity round within 24 months

16 of 22 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
18%

This investor invested again within 24 months

4 of the same 22 companies. Build a financing plan around the wider investor market.

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02 / FIND YOUR FIT

Where does your company sit?

Choose your sector and stage to find
companies he first backed in that space.

YOUR COMPANY

A match means a recorded investment in this category. It does not establish current interest or availability.

24matching companies
$729Kmedian first round (22 disclosed)
2first backed in last 24 months

All sectors · All entry stages. Round amounts are total financing, in USD.

Series A

Beacon ↗

Developer of software for automating enterprise implementation and support workflows

$7.0M total first round
Seed

Flent ↗

Provider of fully furnished rental homes and shared living spaces

$778K total first round
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The sector × stage map

First investments · companies can appear in more than one sector
Number of first investments by sector and entry stage. Select a cell to explore companies.
SectorAngelSeedSeries AAll stages
Artificial Intelligence5
Retail Tech4
B2C E-Commerce4
HealthTech3
Food Tech3
AI as a Service2
Contact Center LLM2
03 / ROUND DESIGN

The round around the investor.

Use stage-specific financing ranges
to frame the size of your syndicate.

First-round size, by entry stage

USD · middle 50% and median
Angel5 disclosed
$200K$141K–$219K
Seed14 disclosed
$1.3M$534K–$2.8M
Series A3 disclosed
$3.7M$2.6M–$5.4M
$10K$100K$1M$10M

Logarithmic scale. A dot marks the median; the band spans the 25th–75th percentiles. These are entire rounds, not individual cheques.

04 / WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

One investment. Two different paths.

A subsequent round and repeat backing
answer different fundraising questions.

22
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
72.7%
16 of 22 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
18.2%
4 of 22 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 2 newer companies and 0 undated histories are excluded. Follow-up stops at the dataset’s latest round on 22 May 2026. These observations do not measure returns or predict a company’s outcome.

See the stage-by-stage denominators +
First stageEligible companiesNext round ≤24 moSame investor again ≤24 mo
Angel54 / 51 / 5
Seed1510 / 153 / 15
Series A22 / 20 / 2
05 / INVESTMENT RHYTHM

New names. Returning relationships.

Separate first investments from later
rounds in companies already backed.

New companiesRepeat rounds

*2026 is partial, through 22 May. Bar height counts first investments + repeat rounds; earlier years are complete calendar periods in this dataset.

06 / THE CO-INVESTOR MAP

Who else belongs on your research list?

Frequent shared rounds suggest a place
to investigate sector and stage alignment.

01
FIRM

Tracxn Labs

5 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2017
02
ANGEL

Kunal Shah ↗

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Jan 2025
06
ANGEL

Vinay Somani ↗

3 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2017

Shared rounds establish recorded co-investment. They do not establish a personal connection, introduction route, or current willingness to invest.

07 / THE EVIDENCE

Explore the portfolio.

First investment comes first.
Amounts refer to that entry round.

24 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Beacon ↗San Francisco
Mar 2025Series A$7.0MNo later round recorded
Jan 2025Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Flent ↗Bengaluru
Apr 2024Seed$778KYes · Sep 2024
Aug 2023Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
Threado AI ↗San Francisco
Jul 2022Seed$3.1MNo later round recorded
SahiCoin ↗Wilmington
Jan 2022Seed$1.8MNo later round recorded
CogniSaaS ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2022Seed$680KNo later round recorded
Tatsam ↗Gurugram
Jun 2021Angel$219KNo later round recorded
Feb 2021Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
Jan 2021Seed$417KNo later round recorded
Nektar AI ↗Singapore
Nov 2020Seed$2.2MNo later round recorded
Whatfix ↗San Jose
Mar 2017Series A$3.7MNo later round recorded
Azgo ↗Bengaluru
Sep 2016Seed$90KNo later round recorded
Jul 2016Angel$141KNo later round recorded
Cookifi ↗Bengaluru
Jun 2016SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Skillenza ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2016Seed$638KYes · Oct 2017
EasyEcom ↗Bengaluru
Feb 2016Seed$147KYes · Dec 2017
Tracxn ↗Bengaluru
Dec 2015Series A$1.6MNo later round recorded
YourDost ↗Bengaluru
Nov 2015Angel$381KYes · Feb 2018
Aug 2015Angel$141KYes · Aug 2016
Elanic ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2015SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Innovaccer ↗San Francisco
May 2015Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Mar 2015Seed$500KNo later round recorded
Jun 2012Angel$200KNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 24-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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